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March nugget / PruDE's signed contracts up for month

Apr. 22, 2009

Categorized in: Market Trends

Tagged with: contracts, discount, heddings, miller, miller samuel, prude, truegotham, volume

Long-time blogger / honest agent Doug Heddings has an interesting slice of current Manhattan coop and condominium market data from PruDE's signed contracts files for weeks ending from March 6 through April 3. Here is one nugget: Spread between contract pr

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recycling week / tragedy of the half-assed REBNY public web portal

Jun. 14, 2007

Categorized in: Manhattan real estate business

Tagged with: corcoran, nycresidentialcom, prude, rebny, web portal

quarter-assed portal?? I blogged about the saga of the miserable efforts by the Real Estate Board of New York to create a single public website for access to REBNY member firm exclusive sales and... [Read More]

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portal potted / REBNY website to limp out in September

May. 17, 2007

Categorized in: Manhattan real estate business

Tagged with: corcoran, nycresidentialcom, prude, rebny, trulia, web portal

weak-ass website coming It may sound like inside baseball to many, but the saga of the REBNY public web portal is a fascinating story, with important implications for how coops and condos are mark... [Read More]

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241 W 23 St is back / 3 strikes, not out, at $752/ft

May. 14, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Chelsea

Tagged with: 241 w 23, classic, manzari, mccartney, mint, prude

241 W 23 St #5B still for sale, but why? There are not many opportunities to get 2,000 sq ft of “the very definition of a ‘Classic Loft’” in Chelsea (on 23rd St, but still &... [Read More]

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116 W 29 St still not �magnificent� -- but in contract!

May. 10, 2007

Categorized in: On The Market

Tagged with: 116 w 29, contract, mcnichol, prude

I was particularly … intrigued by the listing for the 8th floor at 116 West 29th Street back in December because I saw it virtually in tandem with another loft also described as “magni... [Read More]

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selling up at 141 W 26 / 5th fl over 4th

May. 3, 2007

Categorized in: new this week

Tagged with: 141 w 26 street, parker, prude, renovated, whole foods

The 5th fl at 141 W 26 St is new this week, offering 2,600 sq ft for $2.295mm and maintenance of $1,470/mo. Said by Holly Parker at PruDE to be “magnificently renovated” and “... [Read More]

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that was quick / 76 Laight St gut job at $850/ft in contract

May. 2, 2007

Categorized in: On The Market

Tagged with: 76 laight, gut renovation, larocco, prude

Apt 3 at 76 Laight Street (at the corner of Washing ton St) came to market on April 18, shrewdly marketed by Patty LaRocco at PruDE as “ready for a gut renovation”. At 2,350 sq ft offer... [Read More]

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irony can be delicious / juxtaposition of PruDE quote and data in NY Post worth a smile

Dec. 7, 2006

Categorized in: Market Data - aggregators

Tagged with: median price, miller samuel, ny post, prude

pumping the market, no matter the cost Today’s brief item in the NY Post Manhattan Bumps Real-Estate Slump from Bloomberg is amusing for at least one reason. The context: The Real Estate B... [Read More]

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